Over the past decade, a genomics revolution, made possible through the development of
high-throughput sequencing, has triggered considerable progress in the study of ancient …

The ability to sequence genomes from ancient biological material has provided a rich source
of information for evolutionary biology and engaged considerable public interest. Although …

The last century has witnessed progress in the study of ancient infectious disease from
purely medical descriptions of past ailments to dynamic interpretations of past population …

The detection of ancient microbial DNA offers a new approach for the study of infectious
diseases, their occurrence, frequency and host–pathogen interaction in historic times and …

Microbial archaeology is flourishing in the era of high-throughput sequencing, revealing the
agents behind devastating historical plagues, identifying the cryptic movements of …

High-throughput DNA sequencing enables large-scale metagenomic analyses of complex
biological systems. Such analyses are not restricted to present-day samples and can also be …

The availability of genome sequences obtained using next-generation sequencing (NGS)
has revolutionized the field of infectious diseases. Indeed, more than 38,000 bacterial and …

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Genome analysis of microbial pathogens has provided unique insights into their virulence,
host adaptation and evolution. Common themes have emerged, including lateral gene …

Epidemiologists aim to inform the design of public health interventions with evidence on the
evolution, emergence and spread of infectious diseases. Sequencing of pathogen genomes …